The Lighter Side of Technology

The popular magazine-like news reader Flipboard is rolling out a specific version formatted especially for Android tablets. Devices include the Nexus 10, Nexus 7, Galaxy Tab, Kindle fire, Nook, etc…

Until now, Android tablet users have to upscale the smartphone version of the app. Flipboard was initially available for the iPad and the iPhone.

After you downloaded the app from the appropriate app store, you can start browsing and adding selected content by tapping the red ribbon in the upper right. Tap the + button to add to your list. The app requires an account to save your reading selection and your social networks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress this morning, as talks continue in Geneva on an Iran Nuclear deal. Netanyahu warned against the negotiations, saying "I can only urge the leaders of the world not to repeat the mistakes of the past." He added, "To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle, but lose the war." Netanyahu was invited to speak to Congress by the Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner, who didn't inform the White House. "My speech is not intended to show any disrespect to President Obama or the esteemed office which he holds," Netanyahu said yesterday.

Look closely at the above portrait of Bill Clinton. Specifically, look between the fireplace and the plant, exactly where Bill Clinton’s hand is pointing and Hillary Clinton’s gaze is staring. What you should see is the shadow of a dress, not white and gold, but just plain blue. The artist behind Bill Clinton’s National Portrait Gallery painting says he snuck a reference to Monica Lewinsky’s infamous stained blue dress into the former president’s official portrait.

The painter, Nelson Shanks, told the Philadelphia Daily News that he intentionally placed a shadow from a blue dress that was meant to represent Lewinsky’s into the painting.

Graphene targets cancer stem cellshttp://goo.gl/sddFzr Scientists have used graphene to target and neutralize cancer stem cells while not harming other cells. Using graphene oxide, in modified form of graphene, acts as an anti-cancer agent that selectively targets cancer stem cells (CSCs). In combination with existing treatments, this could eventually lead to tumor shrinkage as well as preventing the spread of cancer and its recurrence after treatment. However, more pre-clinical studies and extensive clinical trials will be necessary to move this forward into the clinic to ensure patient benefit.

Spacewalk Trilogy Complete! NASA astronauts Terry Virts and Barry Wilmore (in this photo) ended their spacewalk at 12:30 p.m. EST today. Virts and Wilmore completed installing 400 feet of cable and several antennas associated with the Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles system known as C2V2. Boeing's Crew Transportation System (CST)-100 and the SpaceX Crew Dragon will use the system in the coming years to rendezvous with the orbital laboratory and deliver crews to the space station. They completed one additional task to retrieve a bag to cover equipment on the outside of the station.